Police in New York City are warning departments across the country to check for any victims of a man suspected in a killing in that city, as well as the stabbing of two women in Arizona, this month.
Raad Noan Almansoori, 26, is a suspect in the killing of Denisse Oleas-Arancibia, 38, who was found dead next to a broken iron in her room at the SoHo 54 Hotel in Manhattan on Feb. 8, New York police Chief of Detectives Joe Kenney said.
Almansoori was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona, for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle. He is accused of stabbing two women in that state: a woman who was carjacked and stabbed in Phoenix and a McDonald’s worker stabbed the next day in Surprise, police said.
Kenney said that after being arrested in Arizona, Almansoori told police there that he was wanted in a New York City killing.
“While in the custody of Arizona law enforcement, he informs them that he is wanted for a homicide in New York City, and tells the cops that they should Google ‘SoHo 54 Hotel,’” Kenney said at a Tuesday news conference.
Almansoori also “told Arizona cops that he hurt three additional girls in Florida,” Kenney said.
In two of the incidents that police know about, the victims were escorts, Kenney said.
On Feb. 6, two days before Oleas-Arancibia was found dead at the hotel, Almansoori had visited an escort in Manhattan, Kenney said. Police have contacted that woman.
Almansoori had been arrested in April of 2023 in Florida on a charge of kidnapping and sexual assault, and he was free after posting bail in September, Kenney said.
“The other victims in Arizona, like I said, one is a female working at the McDonald’s and one is a female just simply driving in her car that was attacked by this male,” he noted.
Chief NYPD spokesman Tarik Sheppard said that police wanted to inform communities to report any sighting or contact they’ve had with Almansoori.
“Anywhere that he’s visited, there is potential that there are other victims around the country, and…
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